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"Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new Vista operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company "scrambles" to fix internal problems a Microsoft insider has confirmed to SHN".

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Maybe MS would be far better to ditch the millions of lines of bloated code, patched into legacy modules, and just start completely over, take their time and include the new file system, and deliver a really first rate product. Even though it might cut into their profits for a year or two. in the long run, MS and---too bad they don't think of this first---its customers might profit.
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"Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new Vista operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company "scrambles" to fix internal problems a Microsoft insider has confirmed to SHN".

I read that linked article 3 times, and no where did I see a remark to substantiate the 60% code rewrite. Also the article had a misspelling, which casts more doubt about it's authenticty to me. "In an effort to meet a deadline of the 2007 CES show in Las Vegas" The correction is in red. Just another case of MS bashing IMHO.

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Microsoft slammed an article by Australian technology publication Smart House on Friday, calling it "speculation." The retort came as a result of a story that cited sources within the company saying as much as 60 percent of Vista code needs to be rewritten.

REDMOND, Wash. — March 21, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today confirmed that Windows Vista™, the next generation of the Windows® client operating system, is on target to go into broad consumer beta to approximately 2 million users in the second quarter of 2006. Microsoft is on track to complete the product this year, with business availability in November 2006 and broad consumer availability in January 2007.